Neglected Crops Could Boost Farm Profits and Labor
Robert Mitchell Floyd argues that diversified vegetable cultivation can revive farming near New York and across the middle states. He notes widespread soil depletion, high fertilizer costs, and reluctance to change. A practical list of crops acts as a guide to profitable production and rural employment, urging farmers to fertilize, rotate, and expand beyond staple staples.
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Russia
Jerusalem
Jamaica
New England
Middle States
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Robert Mitchell Floyd
American Grocer
Making Level Sloping Gardens With Terraces
An American Agriculturist plan shows how to level a hillside garden by creating two or more terraces. Level planting on each tier, with steep areas sodden to form steps, uses earth moved from lower sections to fill upper terraces. This reduces washout from rain and snowmelt while improving garden appearance and crop protection.
Hexagonal Orchard Planting Boosts Tree Density
A Canadian bulletin compares the common square layout with a hexagonal arrangement that increases per acre tree numbers by about fifteen percent without extra crowding. In the hex pattern the second row is offset, six trees form a hexagon around a center tree, and a simple string method guides the first row position.
Stomach Bitters Promoted Against Malaria and Rheumatic Ailments
When the chill mists hang over the earth, use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to guard health in cold, damp air and while wet. It is praised for preventing rheumatism from colds and aiding digestion, biliousness, nerves, kidney issues, headaches, and debility. Also notes soaring building plans in San Francisco and New York, and claims Alabama and Michigan surpass Pennsylvania in iron production.
Feart Disease Warns of Sudden Attacks and Symptoms
A report notes that feart disease can kill suddenly though warning signs appear. Symptoms include fainting spells weakness irregular pulse fluttering of the heart choking sensations shortness of breath and swelling of feet and ankles. Early recognition urged for medical attention.
Dr Miles Heart Cure Restores Health, Louisville Testimony
Mr Geo L Smith of the Geo L Smith Mantel Co Louisville writes of heart trouble lasting about a year. After using Dr Miles Heart Cure for a little over a bottle, pain and palpitations ceased and he resumed regular business. Sold by druggists. Free book on Heart and Nerves from Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind.
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Geo. L. Smith
Geo. L. Smith Mantel Co
Louisville
Julius C. Vorht
Dr. Miles
Odd natural wonders and social notes from old papers
In Crawfordsville Indiana a 1890 summer shower dropped fish and angleworms two inches long with no eyes. A Bates County Missouri windmill was struck by lightning in the same exact spot as three years prior. A freshwater over saltwater lake was found on Kildin island Lapland, tides move salt via an underground channel. Farmington Maine saw a cloudburst with thousands of tiny toads falling across town and fields. Grover W Gorr of Punta Gorda Florida, aged ninety, recovered sight and hearing and grew black hair after years of disability. A curiously striped fish with a back sucker was netted at South Dartmouth Massachusetts. Domestic life divides into homemaking versus living for people, visible by atmosphere and room details. In France it is forbidden to feed solid foods to infants under one year without a written prescription. nurses are barred from using bottles with rubber tubes. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is advocated for its claimed curative value.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Bates County
Kildin Island
Lapland
Farmington
Grovar W. Gorr
Punta Gorda
Pla
South Dartmouth
Mass
France
Atlanta Exposition Offers Grand Fair Experience
The Atlanta Exposition promises one of America's greatest fairs with Chicago World’s Fair features and new attractions. Open September 1 to December 31 with low Queen and Crescent Route rates. Contact W. C. Rinearson, G P A Cincinnati, for printed material or visit local C& C agents for info. Change of train times to Athens shown: No. 133 at 6:10 am, No. 35 at 11:40 am, No. 187 at 5:05 am.
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America
Queen and Crescent
W. C. Rinearson
Cincinnati
Jury Delivers Quick Guilty Verdict in Durrant Case
A divided crowd heard a circumstantial case as the jury spent just twenty minutes in deliberation before convicting the Durrant accused. The article also runs former medical notes on catarrh remedies and unrelated civic commentary, reflecting the period's varied notices.
Nothing Like It Ohio Central mileage ticket
A vintage advertisement promoting a mileage ticket for the Ohio Central system. It claims broader coverage than any ticket, includes the B and O lines west of Pittsburgh and the Big Four system, with a one year duration priced at $20.00. Available through Ohio Central agents or Mortron Hovs G P A Toledo Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
Erie
Salamanca
Big Four
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Central
Pittsburg
Mortron Hovs
Toledo
Ohio
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Selman Dcopital Exaedy
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Simmons Liver
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Dr. Pierce
Heraldsburg
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World's Dispersary Medical Association
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Rhey Sco
Jacobs Dil
the Messenger and Herald
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Supreme Court
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Morris
Heritage
Estoclet
Williams
Worcester
Elmer Fe, Lacey
Philadelphia
Syndicate Publishing Co
W. Miller
D. D
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Geo. T. Werts
N. J
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George Patterson
New Glasgow
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